Systolic coronary occlusion due to myocardial bridging--a rare cause of ischaemia.
Myocardial bridging causing systolic occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery was identified in a 47-year-old man with angina. A fixed anterolateral wall defect was demonstrated on thallium imaging and he underwent successful division of the bridge resulting in abolition of his symptoms and disappearance of the thallium defect.
Furniss
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Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
Williams
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McGregor
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D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013599:Systole